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Cher sues Sonny Bono’s widow over copyrights
By Ferraiuoli LLC
American singer Cher sued Mary Bono, widow of her late musical partner and ex-husband Sonny Bono, for allegedly withholding her share of royalties in Sonny & Cher songs.The folk rock husband-wife duo was active from 1964–1977. According to the complaint filed by Cher in a Los Angeles court, she was granted a half of Sonny & Cher’s royalties after the she and Bono divorced and ended the duo.
Cher stated that Mary Bono, sole trustee of the Bono Collection Trust that administers Bono’s royalties, terminated her rights from all royalties.
Reuters reported that Cher asked the court for a declaratory judgment that the estate didn’t terminate her rights, and requested at least $1 million in damages for breaching the divorce settlement.
Ferraiuoli LLC
Ferraiuoli LLC (FLLC) was founded in 2003 by the late Blas Ferraiuoli-Martínez, Eugenio Torres-Oyola and María Marchand-Sánchez. This group was then joined in 2004 by Fernando J. Rovira-Rullán, thus forming the founding core of FLLC. FLLC has grown exponentially since its founding from a law firm with three attorneys and a support staff of three to its current size of 54 attorneys with a support staff of 38. Also, FLLC has grown from initially being known as an intellectual property and corporate law boutique law firm to a multiservice law firm that handles most matters relevant to a business while continuing to earn praise for its leading intellectual property and corporate practices.
FLLC has been ranked as a leading law firm in Puerto Rico by the professional publication Chambers Latin America in intellectual property, corporate, bankruptcy, labor & employment, real estate, and tax law. Moreover, 17 FLLC partners have been ranked as leaders in their field by the same publication. 4 FLLC partners are ranked as leaders in Intellectual Property, no other firm has more than 2. This recognition in such a short period of time is a tribute to FLLC’s business model.
FLLC prides itself in doing its work faster and more cost-efficiently yet with the same quality as that of its main competitors. The founding name partners are available at all times to attend to client matters. Their work ethic sets the tone for the rest of the firm. FLLC’s founders’ goal has been steady from the outset: become one of the premier multiservice law firms in Puerto Rico.
